Marie J. Cross, of Point Pleasant, died on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. She was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Point Pleasant Beach. Known to her friends as "Peggy", she was born Nov. 1, 1921, in Newark, NJ, to John and Grace O'Donnell. She lived in Roselle, Scotch Plains, South Mantoloking and Tuckerton before moving to Point Pleasant in 1997. She worked for Best and Co. in North Plainfield and Hahnes and Co. in Westfield before retiring in 1975.She was preceded in death in 1992 by her husband, Clay L. Cross, an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps whom she married in Newark in 1943; her sister, Catherine M. Westerlund in 1998; and her brother, John O'Donnell, Jr. in 2007. She is survived by her sister, Nancy Ruggiero of Summit, NJ; sons, David Cross of Augusta, Ga., John Cross of Charlotte, N.C.; daughters, Jean Frank of Brick, Donna Cross of Bayville, Robin Keller of Vernon; ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A mass celebrating her life will be held at St. Peters RC Church, 406 Forman Avenue, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27. Published in the Asbury Park Press on 5/24/2009